Tag: dailyprompt-2002

Perfect, just what is perfect?

You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?

Dear Readers,

This prompt that has landed today is a conundrum indeed. I always had in mind my perfect writing space, it would be like an old fashioned study. Wall to wall books a large desk, leather topped, with a cosy reading chair in the corner by a fire . My desk would overlook the countryside (being brought up on a farm that seemed feasible when my ideas started) or even over a garden.

Time eroded those ideas of perfect. I have my mini library 📚 approx 1500 books and I have my leather topped desk. But what I forgot to add was peace, the kind where your brain is not frazzled, where you can relax and let your mind unfold and your stories flow. What I have learnt is there is no perfect place to be creative with your pen or laptop. Creativity is in your mind and that means in truth a perfect space can be a battered briefcase or a satchel even an over large handbag store your essentials in that and creative brain can and will travel.

I can snuggle in my chair, lie on my bed, go sit by a pool or have a coffee at a cafe all are places I can sit and read.

My dear readers how can you experience perfect when there is a world of chaos to experience, be a part of that world and find a nook or ledge and there you have your canvas start writing

I can guarantee that as soon as you achieve your perfect anything thought or otherwise, human nature is to keep tweaking it, changing because we are never happy . So as I said I no longer look for perfect ideas I take what I see and make it suit me.

Till the next time

Kim-Louise

I can read anywhere 🤭🤭

Dogs or cats?

I do like animals, over the course of many years we had many different pets come and depart our home. My eldest daughter is now 36 and youngest very nearly 22 yrs old as I write this. We have had cats and dogs, rabbits, Guinea Pigs and hamsters, gerbils, finches, canaries and fish both tropical and cold water up to 6 tanks at a time. So when I say I have experience of pets I have.

I grew up on a farm, animals had a purpose, dogs were working animals. Cats were to keep the mice and rats at bay, and in our home pets were something never thought about because there was always a baby of some description on the farm.

Where am I going with this ?

I am a disabled 57yr old women who likes, please note likes not loves Cats and dogs, but;for cats

1. The fur gets everywhere and I can’t cope with it

2. Feeding time, can’t stand animals on food surfaces but cats go where they like, and don’t wash their paws

3. The struggle to feed myself is bad enough to feed a cat who can be fussy would be so annoying and painful with bending and picking up dishes etc, plus expensive.

4. Cat mess nope nope nope nope

Now dogs

1. The fur gets everywhere and I can’t cope with it

2. Feeding time, can’t stand animals who walk in all the dirt and faeces and they don’t wash their paws

3. The struggle to feed myself is bad enough to feed a dog who is messy would be so annoying and painful with bending and picking up dishes etc, plus expensive.

4. Dog mess nope nope nope nope

So; which is it

I struggle to look after myself so I am not a dog or cat person. I don’t need an animal for company or a man come to that. My company is found in the pages of books also an animal will take what little energy and resources I have if it suits you that’s wonderful but me peace is all I need

Sending Smiles